Before I continue, I would like to congratulate all of the following titles which have come out top of their console or format in my “of the Year 2012” articles.
GAME OF THE YEAR 2012
Persona 4 Golden – ATLUS USA / Nippon Ichi Software America (PAL – Early 2013)
AUSTRALIAN ANIME RELEASE OF THE YEAR 2012
Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Madman Entertainment
NORTH AMERICAN ANIME RELEASE OF THE YEAR 2012
anohana: The Flower We Saw That day – Nippon Ichi Software America
MANGA RELEASE OF THE YEAR 2012
Umineko: When They Cry – Yen Press
BOOK RELEASE OF THE YEAR 2012
Wonderful Life with the Elements: The Periodic Table Personified
INDIVIDUAL CONSOLE GAMES OF THE YEAR 2012
Playstation 3: Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland – NIS America
Playstation Vita: Persona 4 Golden – ATLUS USA
XBOX360: Dance Central 3 – Harmonix Music Systems
Wii/Wii U: ZombiU – Ubisoft
Nintendo DS / 3DS: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 – ATLUS USA
PC: Eryi’s Action – Nyu Media
Visual Novel: School Days – Jast USA
Multiplatform: Assassin’s Creed III – Ubisoft
iOS: The World Ends with You: Solo Remix – Square Enix
DL Game: Legasista – NIS America
Japanese Video Game Release: Tales of Xillia 2 – Namco Bandai
CLASSIC CONSOLE GAMES OF THE YEAR 2012
Nintendo 64: Snowboard Kids 2
Nintendo Gamecube: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles – Square Enix
Gameboy: Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 – Nintendo
Playstation 1: Persona 2: Eternal Punishment – ATLUS USA
Playstation 2: Shining Force EXA (SEGA) / .hack//G.U. (Namco Bandai)
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With all that out of the way, I would like to thank everyone who has visited this site in the last year, and I hope that I have been able to provide you with the information you have been looking for, with special thanks going to everyone who I have had the chance to chat with over Twitter, through comments on this site and other means. I appreciate all your feedback and comments, and I look forward to providing you with even more news and reviews as we head into 2013 – with a very promising looking line-up from even the earlier months.
I would also like to thank all the companies that I have been able to interact with over the year, as without you guys existing what would there be to write about!?!
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!
As I did last year, I shall leave you with a song that I remember performing once during my old primary school’s “Around the World” Christmas concert. Interestingly enough the lyrics have remained in my head after all these years despite the rather last-minute nature of the performance.
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